Meat-cutter.



W. WALKER & T. E. HOLLINGS.

MEAT CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1908- BENBWED DBO. 16, 1911.

1,015,859, Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED D110. 21, 190B. RENEWED 11110. 16, 1911.

1,015,859, Patented Jan. 30, 1912,

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I o /w0 5 22 I 'l I v 3/ 50 LU 15 ,1 U 35 into slicesyand it'consists in the novel c0n-- WILLIA WALKER AND THOMAS ASSIGNORS To-MoE GAMBE M MORECAMBE, ENGLAND.

" Specification 01' Letters Patent.

EDWARD HO DINGS, or oEEc'AMB ENGLAND,

roa AN ENGINEERING}; coMrANY LIMITED, or

MEAr-ourrEE.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

Application filed December 21, 1908, Serial No. 468,574. i Renewed December 18, 1911. Serial No. 666,282.

To all whom it may conomi Be it known that we, WILLIAM WALKER and THOMAS EDWARD HoLLINGs, residing at Heysham Road, Morecambe, in the county of Lancaster, England, haveinventejd certain new and useful Improvements in Meat- Gutters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full; clear, and exact descrlption of theinven'tion, such as will enableothers skilledin the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for. cutting meat, bread, and other substances,

struction and combination of'the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed. Referring to the drawings which forma part of. specification, Figure l is" a proved slicer.

side elevation of the improved slicer. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isan-mverted plan view of the improved sheer. Fig. 4 1s a front. end elevation ofthe m- Fig. 5 is a back end elevation of the improved slicer. Fig. '6 is a ,detail side view of the frictional resistance le- 1 ver'of the packer.

According to this invention the lmife 1 is of the ordinary curved shape, its outer edge-2 beingthe cutting edge; The kmfe 1 is mounted between two disks'33 near the end of a shaft 4 at aright-angle to the bed plate 5 of the machine and provided with a handle or sweep 6 for rotating purposes. The bed plate 5 of the machine at Its outer side is curved or bent upward as at 7 Y and on this rests the bacon bread or substance to be sliced and alongwhich it is caused to move with an intermittent mo-: tion by means of a pusher 8 which receives its motion from a .worm or screw shaft 9 working in a nut 10. connected'with or forming part of the pusher 8. The amount of motion im arted to the worm 9 is deter- -'mined an regulated bfilineans of a dlsk v 'fe shaft 4 acting tappet or cam 11 on the on a runner 12 on the u per end of a lever 13 which rockso'n the end of the worm shaft 9 and the lever 13 is provided with a catch orpawl 14 engaging with a ratchet wheel 15 on the said worm or screw. shaft 9 and, the latter is thereby rotated at each revolution of the disk tappet 11. The thickness of the slice is regulated by a set or thumb screw 16 passing through the rocking lever 13 and plate 5 and to this is hinged or on a stop 17 by means of which the 3 amount of movement of the rocking lever 13 and its pawl 14 and likewise the screw onwor'm shaft 9 is adjusted.

The pusher 8 which is ope'rated by the. worm or screw shaft 9 comprises a nut 10 which engages with the screw or worm-shaft 9 and a metallic strip 18 lying) entat right angles thereto a spiked; plate 8 which if hinged lies'flat on the bed 5 when a large piece of bacon bread or other substance is being cut but which may be raised at right angles to the plate 5 and held by a stay or being-cut. I

' There is-an arched narrow bar 20 extend ing from fronttoback'of'the. machinein line with the rotation'of the lmife 1 and opposite to this is a like bar tact with the fixed bar 20 by spring pres- 1 moves when cutting and the blade-is thereon the bed 21 held in conrod 19-when a small article or substance is .75 .sure andjb'etween these twobars the lmife by 'held rigid and also cleaned. The bar 20 1 i is rigidly secured .to the bed of the machine, and the bar 21 has a hub 30 at one end .which'is slidable on the shaft 4. Av spring '32 is arrangedaround the shaft 4 between the hub 30.. and the hub' of the handle. 6, as shown in Figs. land "3, for the purpose of pressing the bar 21 toward the ar 20. The other end of the bar '21 has a .hub 31 which is slidable on a pin 35 which projects rearwardly-from the bed on the other side ofit from the shaft, and a spring 33 is interposed between. the hub 31 and a collar 34 secured on the said pin.

ing the bar 21 toward the bar 20.

I This spring 33 assists the spring 32 in press- As each slice is cut it is received and stands vertically against theface of a fence or packer 22 which'is free to slide on a sup-f" porting plate or extension of the bed 5 so f that the substance as and when sliced accu mulates against the fence 22* and is keptcompact and practically in its original form as before slicing. .The fence 'orpacker 22 is carried on a spindle 23 working through supports 24 and pressing u on such s in dle 23 is a spring actuated En allows the packer 22 beingmoved outward cut slices so that the. p

by the pressure of the ger 25 w ich' packer is automatic.- -When the slices are removed the packer 22' is-moved back to' its normal position by hand the pressureof the spring finger 25 being overcome; The

spring actuated lever is conveniently formed like a bell-crank as shown in Fig. 6. This leverj25 is pivoted on a pin 26 which projects, from the frame. One arm of thislever has a curved piece 27 which is pressed into frictional contact with the shaft or spindle 23. A spring 28 is connected to the other arm of the lever 25 and to a pin 29 on the frame, and this spring presses the lever against the. shaft.

Having now described our invention what i scraper-bars, and springs which press the movable scraper-bar toward the stationary scraper-bar. r

2. In a meat-cutter, the combination, with a supporting frame plate, of a cutter-bla e which works cross wise of the bed-plate, feed mechanism for advancing the material toward the cutter blade, a packer-plate for the cut material to 1 abut against, a shaft secured to the packerrovided with a bed- I plate and slidable in the frame, and .a

spring-actuated lever pivoted tothe frame and bearing frictionally against the Said shaft to prevent the acker-plate and its shaft from sliding too reely.

In testimony whereof we aflix oursignature's, in presence'of two witnesses. V

WILLIAMWVALKER. 1

THOMASv EDWAR HOLLINGS.

' Witnesses: l

' J. B. HQWARD, I M. SIMPSON. 

